1.有些副词和形容词一样也有比较级和最高级,例如:
He works hard.
他工作努力。
You work harder than him.
你工作比他努力。
She works (the) hardest of a11.
她工作最努力。
2.副词的比较级和最高级大多以加more 和most 的方式构成(多音节词和大部分双音节词):
原级 比较级 最高级
successfully more successfully most successfully
happily more happily most happily
carefully more carefully most carefully
少数单音节副词(如quick,fast,slow)和early,以加-er和-est的方式构成:
原级 比较级 最高级
quick quickcr quickest
fast faster fastest
early earlier earliest
3.副词的比较级和最高级还有少数不规则的形式:
原级 比较级 最高级
well better best
badly worse worst
much more most
little less least
far farther (further) farthest (furthest)
4.副词比较级的用法:
和形容词一样,用副词比较级时也多带than引起的从句,表示和什么相比:
She gets to work earlier than the others.
她上班比别人都早。
I liked the first item better than the second one.
第一个节目比第二个节目我更喜欢些。
It rains more often in Shanghai than in Beijing.
上海比北京更常下雨。
He behaved even worse than usual.
他比平时表现更糟。
有时也可以不跟than 引起的从句:
Write more carefully next time.
下一次写得再仔细点。
Try to work faster.
想法子干得再快一点。